Hair-dressing device.



No. 831,493. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

J.- T WILGOX.

HAIR DRESSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED .MAR. 7, 1904.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED sTAEEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. WILOOX, OF CARLSTADT, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO MAX Gr; COHN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-DRESSING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

T0 (LZZ whom it Wmy concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN T. WrLcox, .a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oarlstadt, Bergen county, State of New Jersey, have invented Improvements in Hair-Dressing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The hair-dressing device forming the subject of this invention comprises a back or body portion and a series of teeth so formed and arranged that the back is located in front of the teeth, portions of which extend above the upper edge of the back and are connected to said edge through the medium ofcurves formed at the upper ends of the teeth.

It also consists in making the teeth of the combs taper in form, their Widest parts being at their outer or free ends and their narrowest parts at the inner ends or points of connections with the back, thus providing tapering spaces between the teeth, increasing in width from the outer ends of the teeth to the back of the comb, and to impart full gripping functions of the teeth on the hair contained in the taper spaces the plan of arranging the teeth inclined to one another, so that their general direction is toward a common center, is adopted. This brings the sides of the outer ends of the teeth close together, and such an arrangement requires that the back of the comb be flexible and longitudinally curved, the embracin surface of the teeth being approximately t e surface of a section of a cone when the device is in normal condition. To apply hair-dressing devices embodying this feature of construction the back is flexed in such manner as to cause the teeth to approach parallelism, thus causing a separation of the outer ends of the teeth to admit of the free entrance of the teeth in the hair, and the back, upon being released, by its resilience again brings the outer ends of the teeth together, and so firmly clamps the device in set position in the hair.

To more fully describe this invention, I will now refer to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a comb of the kind referred to provided with my improved teeth. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section of the same; and Fig. 3 represents the comb with the back flexed, showing how the teeth by such action are spread apart.

the back 0.

The shape of the teeth are clearly shown at Fig. 3, the outer ends a being wider than the inner ends I), by which they are connected to The sides of the teeth from end to end may or may not be straight to afford the advantages due to taper teeth and perform the functions due to their shape and by the increased hair-holding capacity .of the gradual widening of the spaces between the teeth from the ends of the teeth to the back of the comb. .One advantage of forming the sides of the taper teeth straightis that the duplex cutting method may be taken advantage of in the manufacture of combs, the piece cut away to form the teeth of one comb being the right shape to form similar-shaped teeth of another comb.

As will be observed by reference to Figs. 1 and 2, the back 0 and teeth a b are integral, which is the preferred way ofmaking combs, and these teeth oin, or are connected to, the upper edge of the back by curves imparted to the narrow ends 7), so that the teeth lie partly beneath the back. In other words, the back 0 is located in front of the teeth, with a space between them, and the spaces between the curved upper ends of the teeth extend above the upper edge of the back. The back is longitudinally curved, and the teeth a 1) extend therefrom in such manner that said teeth converge approximately to a common center or are included in a curved plane forming part of the surface of a section of a cone, the outer ends or extremities a of the teeth being included in a circle of less radius than that of the circle including the inner ends I) of the teeth, and it will be readily observed that the spaces between the teeth are greater and increase to a greater extent I in width toward the back of the comb by the contacting ends of the teeth being wider than their other ends, as shown, than if the teeth be made parallel or of uniform width throughout their length, as is now practiced.

The style of teeth here shown and described may be used in other forms and styles of comb. They may. be used in straight or flat combs. Such a comb would fairly be represented by Fig. 3, which shows the curved comb bent into straightened or flattened condition ready for application to the hair, the spaces in this straightened condition being wider at their inner than at their outer ends; but it is evident that by a littie more flexing of the back the spaces between the teeth may have parallel sides. This view, Fig. 3, may also be considered as illustrative of a comb in which the upper ends of the teeth a extend above the upper edge of the back 0, to which they are connected by the ends of the curves 1). The spaces between the teeth at their junctures with the back affords free passage for the hair and permits the back of the comb to lie snugly algaicpst the hair to which the device is app 1e It will be observed that the back or body portion of the comb lies above and outside the teeth which are formed to extend beyond the top edge of the back and then extend rearwardly and downwardly behind the back, the effect being that when such a comb is applied to the hair the bunches of hair between the teeth pass through the upper bends of the teeth and are covered by the back, which, by pressing on the hair, acts as a clamp to hold the comb securely in place.

I claim as my inve11tion 1. A hair-dressing device, consisting of a curved resilient back, and teeth connected to the back and formed with their extremities or outer ends wider than their inner ends by which they connect with said back; said teeth having their sides straight throughout their length and arranged with their longitudinal center lines extending in direction substantially toward a common center.

2. A hair-dressing device, consisting of a curved resilient back, and taper formed teeth connected at their narrow ends to the back; said teeth, with the comb in normal position, being angularly arranged in position corresponding substantially to that of the surface of a section of a cone, with their wide ends close together.

3. A hair-dressing device, consisting of a curved resilient back, and uniformly-tapered teeth, connected by their narrow ends by upwardlyextending curves to the rear edge of the back and extending forwardly beneath the back on a curved line with their wide ends close together.

4. A comb having taper-form teeth with the greatest width of the taper at the outer rounded or pointed extremities of the teeth, thus forming taper-spaces between the teeth with their greatest width at their inner ends.

5. A hair-dressing device comprising a longitudinal back or rim, and a series of downwardly extending teeth with their upper ends curved extending above and rearwardly and downwardly from the back, and connected to the upper edge of the back, said back lying in front of the teeth so as to embrace or cover the hair which extends through the upper portions of the spaces between the teeth.

6. A hair-dressing device comprising a longitudinal taper back or rim, and a series of downwardly-extending teeth with their upper ends curved extending above rearwardly and downwardly from the back, and connected to the upper edge of the back the greatest width of the teeth being at their lower or free ends.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 4th day of March, 1904.

JOHN T. WILCOX.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR C. BLATZ, JULIUs WARBURG. 

